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Well permit 97069-
Well permit · receipt 9092126 · Division 2 · Water District 17 · Otero County
Source DWR administrative record · verify at DWR permit record ↗
What this permit is not
A well permit is the State Engineer’s permission to construct and use a well — it is not a decreed water right and confers none. DWR’s record limits its use to: Domestic, Stock (category Residential).
It carries no WDID, so nothing on the decreed side of this site describes it. For an exempt household or stock well that is normal: such a well is exempt from administration in the priority system — a river call does not curtail it — and never needed a decree. For a non-exempt use it may mean the application expired, was denied, or was permitted under an augmentation plan DWR has not linked here. How permits, decrees and monitoring wells differ →
Permit details
| Status | Well Constructed |
|---|---|
| Category | Residential |
| Total depth | 540.0 ft |
| Well completed | 1978-05-01 |
| First beneficial use | 1978-05-01 |
Location
| Coordinates | 37.97964, -103.50864 (Spotted from section lines) |
|---|---|
| PLSS | S PM, T24.0 S R54.0 W S7NWNW |
Nearby well permits
The 10 closest permits on record, as DWR describes them. Depth and static water level are what the driller reported at completion — one reading, on one day, not a monitored trend. See them on the map →
| Permit | Use | Distance | Depth | Static level | Yield | Completed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24573- | Domestic | 0.32 km | — | — | — | — |
| 280962- | Domestic, Stock | 0.44 km | — | — | — | — |
| 152939- | Household use only | 0.51 km | 462 ft | — | — | 1988-12-02 |
| 34212- | Domestic | 0.55 km | 455 ft | — | — | 1968-08-24 |
| 152070--A | Domestic, Stock | 0.59 km | 450 ft | — | — | 1988-08-28 |
| 152070- | Domestic, Stock | 0.59 km | 40 ft | — | — | — |
| 236497- | Commercial | 0.68 km | 640 ft | — | 7.0 gpm | 2001-11-15 |
| 0281507 | Domestic, Stock | 0.7 km | — | — | — | — |
| 308961- | Commercial | 0.78 km | 585 ft | — | 13.0 gpm | 1979-04-15 |
| 255970- | Domestic | 0.8 km | 580 ft | — | — | — |
Sourced from DWR's well permits record. This page mirrors DWR's own data unedited; for the authoritative, current record use the DWR link above.